1962 - Lost again to the Liberal candidate, Perry Ryan in the election in the riding of Spadina.

1970 - He married Isabel Bassett.

1985 - Made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

1988 - Appointed to the Order of Ontario.

1989 - he was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

1989 - Appointed, for a three-year term, Chairman of the Security Intelligence Review Committee, an independent body that reports to the Parliament of Canada on the operations of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.